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Reichsbank

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[rahyks-bangk, rahykhs-bahngk] / ˈraɪksˌbæŋk, ˈraɪxsˌbɑŋk /

noun

  1. the former German national bank.


Etymology

Origin of Reichsbank

From German; see origin at Reich, 's 1, bank 2

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When American forces captured the mining town of Merkers on April 4, 1945, locals tipped them off that the Reichsbank used the old salt tunnels to shelter sensitive assets from aerial attack.

From Slate Apr. 25, 2018

At the end of the Second World War, the U.S. military investigated a legend that much of the reserve of the Reichsbank, in Berlin, had been hidden in a salt mine in Merkers, Germany.

From The New Yorker May 9, 2016

Cordula Schacht is a daughter of Hjalmar Schacht, Hitler’s early minister of economics and president of the Reichsbank.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2015

My father described traveling to Plauen on April 26 to interrogate Reichsbank officials.

From Washington Post

The Reichsbank pays no interest and acts as agent for transfer of currency and credit to all parts of the Empire without charge.

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur

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